Long term travel plan needed as coronavirus 'to continue for years'

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Infectious diseases consultant Dr Jack Lambert has said it was wise for the Government to publish a green list of countries to which travel was acceptable, but that there needed to be a long term plan because Covid-19 “is going to continue for years.” 

Dr Lambert told RTÉ radio’s Today with Sarah McInerney show that the current plans send mixed messages and that Ireland was part of the EU and shared a land border with the UK and people were coming into Ireland, “whether we like it or not.”